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What’s that? Today is our first Football Friday of 2026?
Buddy, say no more! Who has it better than us? Nobody. Imagine not living in America today. It must be just miserable.
Sure, it’s only high school football, but I don’t care. Give me the bands and the pageantry. The cheers. The obnoxious horn that goes off in the middle of a play because some sophomore is working the scoreboard and doesn’t know what he’s doing.
I want it all. I’ve missed it. We’ve got high school football tonight. We’ve got college football next weekend. Then it’s Labor Day weekend — otherwise known as the most underrated holiday weekend on the calendar.
I can feel it in my bones. We’re about to kick it up a notch, boys and girls. Let’s lock it in and then have ourselves a big weekend.
Welcome to a Friday Nightcaps — the one where Brittany Mahomes works in a lift during a dominant day at the gym before the second week of the NFL preseason.
What else? I’ve got an absolute specimen toting the rock for Peyton Manning’s kid, another WNBA sex toy scandal, and let’s check in on the middle school football scene in Tennessee.
Wait till you see this hit. Better yet, wait till you see who delivered it!
OK, I’ve got a big two-year-old birthday party on deck tomorrow that I have to get this house ready for, so let’s get this class going. I’ve got a big day ahead.
Grab you whatever you need to get you though the final few hours of the week, and settle in for a Friday ‘Cap!
We’re hosting about 30 people tomorrow for my kid’s birthday party, which seems just absurd but that’s not an argument I will ever win.
It’s happening, and my yard is in shambles. It’s rained here all week. I’ve had no window to mow it. We’ve got 30 folks coming over in the morning and it looks like we live in the Everglades right now.
So, it’s gonna be a quick class. No hemming and hawing. Let’s get to it.
First up? As I said, football is BACK across this great country. We had high school football last night (which we’ll get to in a minute). We have more tonight.
So, let’s spin the football wheel and head out to Tennessee, where one middle school player got absolutely demolished earlier this week …
… by a 16-year-old girl …
… who wasn’t even a player!
Goodness gracious! What a hit. The kid obviously didn’t see it coming. Nobody did, except 16-year-old Addison Hunnicutt, who told News Channel 5 in Nashville that she is the sister of a player who she claimed was being bullied all night long on the field.
“That’s when I started to be like, no, I’m done watching this,” Addison said. “I wasn’t going after this kid just to go after him. That wasn’t my intention at all.”
What a twist.
Addison, by the way, has since been charged with assault and disorderly conduct, according to the Sheriff’s Office. She’s also been permanently barred from ever setting foot on any Franklin County School System properties again.
Seems a bit harsh to me, given the context. Perhaps some community service will do the trick? Don’t know that we need to ruin a kid’s life over this. Where were the parents? Maybe start there.
Regardless, I’m thinking some crosstown high school football team with a hole at linebacker may be making a call today. Just a hunch.
Next? You know who that team ain’t gonna be? Baylor School in Chattanooga. They don’t need any extra help.
Don’t believe me? They have a Manning under center, and, apparently, the next Derrick Henry behind him to carry the rock.
And I mean CARRYING THE ROCK:
Lordy. They didn’t make ’em like that when I played high school football. What a specimen! I hadn’t heard of five-star Tennessee commit David Gabriel Georges until last night, but this kid is very much on my radar now.
He just won’t go down. I remember watching old Derrick Henry highlights from his time at Yulee, and this reminded me of him.
I don’t say that lightly, by the way.
Incredible. I could watch old Henry-Yulee highlights all day long. They are mesmerizing.
PS: Did anyone catch who caught Marshall Manning’s first pass? A young lad who goes by Cornbread Adams.
God, I love this country. We are the best.
OK, let’s rapid-fire this Friday class into a big weekend. First up? Football is back, Part III:
Brittany Mahomes has officially clocked in for the NFL season. She’s back. One final tuneup in the gym, and then it’s off to the races. I think we’re all sleeping on the Chiefs this season, by the way. As hard as that is to believe.
I hear all this talk about the Patriots, Broncos and Chargers in the AFC. Everyone is obsessed with the Texans defense. The Bengals are a sexy pick right now. The Bills have a new stadium and the same stud QB.
And we just seem to have forgotten that the Chiefs exists. Yes, Patrick Mahomes is coming off the ACL. Travis Kelce is old. Rashee Rice is a ticking time bomb.
I don’t care. I think they’re about to remind everyone who runs the AFC. And believe me, I’m no Chiefs fan.
Next? Before we head off into the weekend sunset, let’s all check in on the big Dream-Sparks game from last night:
YES! For those who thought the WNBA’s serial sex toy thrower was dead and gone, think again! He’s back, in some form.
Remember that month last summer when fans were just launching these things on the court during games? It got so bad, sports books started posting odds of what the next color would be. Two people were ultimately arrested! It was anarchy.
ANGEL REESE STUNNED BY SEX TOY THROWN ONTO COURT
And now, on a random Thursday night in late August, it rears it’s ugly head again. Right on cue.
What a league.
OK, that’s it for today — and this week. Good work, everyone. Happy first Football Friday of the season.
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Many more to come.
See you Monday.
How was the girl’s tackle? Email me at Zach.Dean@OutKick.com.
